Investigation of tension in anchor lines and influence on vessel behaviour. Time domain simulation of Barge response.

The topic of this thesis is time domain analysis of mooring line effects on a vessels response, where a barge is used as test model. This type of simulation can be used to investigate and evaluate how the forces from the mooring line affects the vessels response over time. As an introduction, some background theory regarding anchor handling and vessel stability is presented. The objective of the thesis is to show how the mooring line is affecting the vessel response, mainly heave, pitch and roll